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John Wayne’s Birthday
canadafreepress.com ^ | May 26, 2011 | Alan Caruba

Posted on 05/26/2011 1:42:53 PM PDT by Snuph

It’s not a national holiday but, for some, it should be. On May 26, 1907 Marion Robert Morrison came into the world in Winterset, Iowa. When he left on June 11, 1979, he was John Wayne, an American icon.

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1 posted on 05/26/2011 1:43:00 PM PDT by Snuph
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They are running John Wayne movies on TCM all day.

I wish they would show BIG JIM MCLAIN.


2 posted on 05/26/2011 1:45:55 PM PDT by scorchedearther
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3 posted on 05/26/2011 1:47:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Snuph
Where did all the cowboys go?
4 posted on 05/26/2011 1:47:55 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Snuph

Rest in peace Duke.


5 posted on 05/26/2011 1:48:57 PM PDT by tiger93 (BR BOY)
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To: Snuph

I was in the sixth grade when the Duke died. I remember learning he was gone standing out in the hall changing classes.


6 posted on 05/26/2011 1:49:42 PM PDT by Sybeck1 (Releasing the photos is a "GUTSY CALL"............)
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To: Snuph

Dear God, thank you for John Wayne. Amen!


7 posted on 05/26/2011 1:50:57 PM PDT by TheGunny
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To: Snuph

A co-worker of mine is in Winterset now, having driven all the way from Western PA to attend the annual birthday celebration. It’s a really big deal.


8 posted on 05/26/2011 1:51:54 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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9 posted on 05/26/2011 1:52:09 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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Dog...


10 posted on 05/26/2011 1:52:37 PM PDT by abb
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A great American patriot. Bet he and Ronaldus Magnus always get together in Heaven—with Bill Buckley—to celebrate each others’ birthdays.


11 posted on 05/26/2011 1:55:08 PM PDT by American Quilter (DEFUND OBAMACARE.)
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Thank you so much for posting this. Two weeks ago a freeper posted a comment that said: What would John Wayne think of today’s world? This led to so many freepers hating on the Duke. I was the only one (with one or two exceptions) to praise his courage, talent and political history. It was one of the most depressing days in my many years on FR. (You can check my posts to find out what went on that day.)

God bless you and the Duke.


12 posted on 05/26/2011 1:58:47 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (.)
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To: Snuph

R. Lee Ermey and John Wayne Coors Light Beer Commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z3nHAi2oxw


13 posted on 05/26/2011 1:59:04 PM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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Cool.

I started to watch "Red River" last evening... will finish watching this evening.

I wish movies these days were not so PC... director/producer Howard Hawkes' is spot on in the movie... showing John Wayne kicking a$$ and taking names.

14 posted on 05/26/2011 1:59:35 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: miss marmelstein

We’d have voted him in as President.


15 posted on 05/26/2011 2:00:16 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (Huguenot)
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To: Snuph

RIP John Wayne. You were, are and always will be an American hero.


16 posted on 05/26/2011 2:01:16 PM PDT by afnamvet (I stand with Israel.)
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John wayne Searchers
17 posted on 05/26/2011 2:04:52 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Vendome

Hilarious.

Just the other night I was in need of a Duke fix so I watched “True Grit”. Great movie. Maybe I will watch me some “Big Jake” tonight. Or “The Man Who Shot Liberty VAlence”.


18 posted on 05/26/2011 2:05:22 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: Snuph

Happy Birthday Duke. May God be with you.

They don’t make Americans like him anymore. Wish they did.

He wouldn’t keep his mouth shut about the liberal pukes ruining this country. He’d kick the a$$es of the liberals in hollyweird too.

I live in Des Moines about 30 miles from Winterset. I might have to make the drive down for his birthday.


19 posted on 05/26/2011 2:07:11 PM PDT by RickB444 (Worry about and distrust anyone who fears a lawful person owning a gun.)
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To: Snuph

Cool! My birthday too =)


20 posted on 05/26/2011 2:11:33 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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